Game 344 - (4) Jacksonville State vs. (2) UT-Martin

Ohio Valley championship
March 4 at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, TN
ESPN

Jacksonville State is finally going dancing.

Erik Durham scored 17 points to lead a trio in double figures and the Gamecocks won 66-55 to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

Jacksonville State was rarely threatened in the second half, holding a double-digit cushion for a majority of the 20-minute period. UT-Martin, which was also trying to get to the NCAAs for the first time, got as close as 37-31 on Kahari Beaufort's jumper at the 14:20 mark, but the No. 4 seed scored seven of the next nine points and the lead didn't fall below nine the rest of the way.

The Gamecocks' defense was excellent, holding a UT-Martin team that shoots 47% from the field (third in the OVC) to just 35% on Saturday. The Skyhawks had their lowest scoring output of the season and worst since collecting just 57 points against a really good Illinois State team last December.

Jacolby Mobley scored a game-high 18 points for UT-Martin.

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